The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-10
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Mr.. Manning Soon IS Leave the Trea-
sur5.*His Probable Successor. =
Mrs. E6gan's Pensfoas-Senator
Ransom TO Make a EuIogfstic Speech
on Logan.
Special Correcpondecc of the Scntsael
WASHINGTON, Feb. At having
been pretty definitely settled that
Mr. Manning will soon resign the
portfolio of the Treasury, political
gossips have fixed the date of his re-
tirement and elevated half dozen
men to his place in the cabinet.
Among these is the wealthy Pennsyl-
vania Congressman, Mr.. William
Scott, who has frequently been men
toned before as the next Secretary of
the Treasury. But Mr.. Scott is re-
ported as saying that he will quit pub
lie life as soon as his term in Congress
expires. He says he is tired of public
life, and that he loses $1,000 per day
by being in Congress.
Senator MCPHERSON, of New Jersey,
has also been spoken of as successor
Of Mr.. Manning since he is in SYM
pathy with the Presidents ideas on
questions of finance, and the latest
theory of Minister Pendleton's return
to america is that he has been called
home 70 take Cabinet position But
the President has very high opinion
of the abilities of Assistant Secretary
Fairchild; who conducted the affairs
Of the Department during the long i'll
ness of Mr.. Manning, and on whose
shoulders has fallen much important
bu giness. In tks opinion Of most
politicians he is more likely to be APP
pointed than any other who have been
mentioned.
Among some interesting adverse re-
ports from the House Committee on
Pensions, is one upon the bill grant
ing pension to Mrs. Logan It says,
should Congress pass the bill and by
future legislation maintain that fair
ness and consistency which should
characterize all legislation, the widows
of 259 major generals and rear admir-
ais would be given pension of $4,000
a year each. 1t went on to say that
it was we'll known that hundreds Of
poor widows of brave soldiers were
denied S12 d month because Of their
inability to connect the death of
their husbands with their military ser
vice, while in the case .f Gen. Logan
it was not claimed that his death was
attributable to his service in the war.
1t Was we'll known that Mrs. Logan
was now, through the generosity of
friends and strangers, in possession of
an ample estate, and while the com
mittee expressed the highest regard
for both her and Gen. Logan, they be
lieve that the passage Of this and all
similar bill would be in the direction
Of building up in this country an arts
tocracy contrary to the very princi-
pals of an equal government ior all
The report closed with the state
ment that the committee believed that
the proposition to pension Mrs. Logan
originated in an emotion arising from
the sudden and unexpected death of
her husband, and was not the deliber-
ate judgement of the people. Next
Wednesday has been set apart in the
Senate as memorial day for Gen. Lo-
gan, and among those who will speak
in eulogy of him are Senators Ed
munds, Evarts, Allison, Henderson,
Plumb, Spooner, Frye, Hawley, Gull
lum, Stanford, Morgan, Cockrell,
Hampton, Ransom, and Blackburn.
Senator Farwell, the successor of
Gen. Logan, says he does not intend
to be an obstructionist. He cast his
first vote in the Senate in favor of wo-
man suffrage, and he also voted to con-
firm the colored lawyer from Albany
as Recorder of Deeds. He says the
President is responsible to the country
for his acts, and so he means to let
him have his own way and even to
| help him to have his own way. He
added something about the Senate de-
generating into a mere wasp's nest
bent on worrying and nagging the
President just because it has chance.
TARHEEL.